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bays finishes off differently on the S. side to that on the N. at 

 the E. end. The wooden corbels supporting the roof brackets 

 were replaced by stone at the last restoration in 1848 ; on them 

 are emblazoned the arms of the proprietors of the Manor and 

 Castle from William Eiifus to the Howards on the N. side, and 

 those of ecclesiastical dignities on the S., seven on each side. 

 The chancel contains remains of the Decorated period in its triple 

 Sedilia and S. window. Some old glass in one of the S. 

 windows has the " Sun in Splendour," the badge of Edward IV. 

 The beautiful Perpendicular tower, with its overhanging pinnacles, 

 fine specimens of tlie 16th century work (c. 1540), much re- 

 sembles those of St. Stephen's Bristol, Dundry, and Gloucester 

 Catliedral, though the first was built c. 1470. 



Before leaving the church, Mr. Stafford Howard, who had 

 purposely come to Thornbury to meet the Club, joined the 

 members and conducted them at once through the celebrated 

 gateway to the inner courtyard of the Castle. The walls of this 

 fine specimen of Baronial Castle, built by Edward Stafford, Duke 

 of Buckingham, between 1511-1522, are nearly perfect. The 

 roof, however, owing to his death in 1522 seems never to have 

 been put on. Before passing round to the S. front, Mr. Howard 

 directed attention to the beautiful stack of brick chimneys on the 

 N. face of the S. wing, with the date 1514 carved below, showing 

 what progress had been made in three years since the building 

 of the gateway. Tradition existed that the decoration on the 

 chimneys had been carved out after they had been erected, and 

 that the bricks had not been moulded in that form. The far 

 famed bay Avindows on the S. side, the carved brick chimneys 

 and the litttle spirally decorated stone chimney above, were much 

 admired (as indeed they could not fail to be by everyone who 

 wants a model for such necessary, but generally hideous append- 

 ages to the modern roofs) ; and the party having left their 

 dripping umbreUas and overcoats in the conservatory, were 

 conducted through the interior adapted during the lifetime of 



